Hospital redevelopments big ticket items in big Victorian budget

Written by Kate McDonald on 01 May 2018.

Ballarat Base Hospital will get a $461.6m redevelopment, Sunshine Hospital will get a $29.6m new emergency department and statewide clinical technology will get a $12m refresh from the Victorian state budget, released today.

The budget also includes $3m for planning and development to create a Parkville Biomedical Precinct, and as announced late yesterday, $124m for a new EMR for Royal Melbourne, the Royal Women's and the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre.